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Funding Program:
Regional IPM Competitive Grants - Northeastern |
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Project Title:
Development of Enhanced, Web-Based New York and New England: Tree Fruit Pest Management Guidelines |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: NY Lead Organization: Cornell University |
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Cooperating State(s):
Massachusetts |
| Extension Funding: $55,000 |
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Start Date: Sep-01-2008 End Date: Aug-31-2010 |
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No-Cost Extension Date: Aug-31-2011 |
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Site/Commodity: apples, tree fruit |
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Area of Emphasis: education, weather |
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Summary:
Cornell's Pest Management Guidelines for Tree Fruit Production have traditionally been a primary information source for producers. Printed guidelines cannot deliver IPM information in "real time" during the season. Web-based IPM sites that have access to weather data can provide pest development forecasts so that pest populations can be sampled and monitored at appropriate times and insure that pesticide applications and other control tactics are properly timed. Websites can also help growers choose the most appropriate pesticide when necessary. Most of this information is currently available on various Cornell websites or in the printed guidelines, but it is scattered among different sources. This project will integrate all of this information into a single user-friendly website. Users will be able to access pest forecast models linked to weather conditions at particular sites that will predict when sampling and monitoring is necessary and provide information about different management tactics. When pesticides are recommended, the site will provide a link to a pesticide decision table which includes the following categories of information to help users choose the most appropriate material: Common name, trade name, rate, Re-entry interval, Pre-harvest interval, efficacy against various pests, bee toxicity, effects on natural enemies, cost/acre, general comments and use restrictions.
Objectives: The objective of this project is to design a website for New York and New England Tree Fruit Pest Management Guidelines that will allow the industry to integrate pest development models, IPM tactics, and pesticide information together and with real-time weather and sampling information into a comprehensive management system that can be used to make better pest control decisions. The organization and design of web-based tree fruit information that can be customized according to regional needs will immediately impact stakeholders throughout the Northeast involved with this commodity group. The continued development of this system will enhance the future integration of pest management information and tactics such as digitally based decision trees, computer models of pest development and management strategies, and sampling and monitoring systems with PMEP's database of pesticide information. The model system proposed for development in this project can eventually be expanded to include other commodities produced in NY and surrounding states. The information management techniques developed for producing the Tree Fruit IPM Guidelines will also be used in the production of the national portal for wildlife damage management for the Extension system. This cross fertilization of information management techniques will make it possible for the IPM Guidelines to be used in the next generation of content projects for the eXtension system. Proposal USDA CRIS data |
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Outcomes This project has resulted in the development of a website that runs development models for 6 insect pests and 3 apple diseases in "real time" throughout the season using data from weather stations in the NY or New England Tree Fruit production regions. The insect pests addressed by this website are: apple maggot, oriental fruit moth, codling moth, plum curculio, obliquebanded leafroller, and spotted tentiform leafminer. Disease predictions are available for apple scab and fire blight, and a summer disease (sooty blotch and flyspeck) development model is due to be made available this summer. Access to the Apple Insects models is through the "Pest Forecasts" list or the "Apples" link on the NEWA homepage (http://newa.cornell.edu). From the Apples homepage, clicking on the link that says "Apple Insect Phenology Models and IPM Forecasts" brings up a state map showing the available weather stations, plus pull-down menus on one side (Fig. 1). After the user selects a weather station, pest of interest, and the desired end date for weather data accumulation, pest DD models and historical records are used to calculate: Tree Phenological Stage, Pest Stage(s), Pest Status, and Pest Management Information, all of which appears on a "Results" page. The phenological stage can be adjusted according to field observations by selecting from a pull-down menu; this will generally change some of text provided in the advice boxes. Hyperlinks on this page can take the user to various other online resources, such as color photos of the bud development stages, NYS IPM Fact Sheets of the pests in question, and when appropriate, sampling charts for use in conducting field samples of specific pest life stages (e.g., eggs, larvae, mines). When a pesticide spray is recommended, a "Pesticide Information" link in the "Pest Mangement" box takes the user to the Pest Management Education Program's (PMEP) Tree Fruit IPM home page, where a pesticide decision filter helps users pick an appropriate material to use, based on anticipated pest severity and program type. |
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Impacts This website will help growers determine when and if pesticide sprays are necessary for key insect and disease pests of apples. Current studies show that the use of insecticides can be reduced during the summer if growers follow pest control protocols be about 30%. This website also helps growers select the proper pesticides and use reduced risk pesticides. Recently a multidisciplinary group of tree fruit researchers from 8 states: Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina have submitted a grant to develop a Tree Fruit IPM Website for Eastern Humid Apple Growing regions. This grant would expand the current website to provide information for the tree fruit industry in all of these states. |
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